diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index da3613709832279045477790da637b15e32e02e0..249f0aa984184b929903ce744194d8b393f20679 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ setup(
     description="Software Heritage Object Storage",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
     author="Software Heritage developers",
     author_email="swh-devel@inria.fr",
     url="https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DOBJS",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
     install_requires=parse_requirements() + parse_requirements("swh"),
     setup_requires=["vcversioner"],
     extras_require={"testing": parse_requirements("test")},